Helldivers 2 continues to suffer from all kinds of login errors preventing players from even loading into the game for the first time. This particular guide is intended for addressing the “Defrosting Helldiver” issue that persists on the loading screen on launching Helldivers 2.
UPDATED April 16
Helldivers 2 Defrosting Helldiver Loading Screen
The “Defrosting Helldiver” infinite loading screen is generally unlikely to be a server-side issue, since similar server related issues usually begin after the game has fully loaded-in locally on your machine. There are instances where the error eventually clears up but then leads to actual server errors such as “Servers at capacity. Please try again later” or “Login limit reached. Please wait to be let in”.
Instead, you will want to focus on verifying the integrity of your local game files, among other fixes.
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Reboot Your Device
Whether on PlayStation 5 or PC, try the simplest fix first: restart your machine and get a fresh start. If there are any local network connectivity issues, this should resolve them as well. Failing that, you can proceed on to more advanced measures.
Watch The Entire Intro Cutscene
For some reason, players are reporting that watching the entirety of the intro video has consistently avoided connectivity issues. This is possibly because the game will have adequate time to establish server communications in the background.
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Verify Game Files
That most common fix for games that are experiencing technical issues. A corrupted installation is said to be the cause of the issue for some players on both PlayStation 5 and Steam PC. You may want to either perform a fresh install, or simply use the “Verify integrity of game files” function by right-clicking Helldivers 2 -> Properties -> Installed Files. Here’s a detailed guide to verifying game file integrity from Steam itself.
As an added aside, always make sure the game is updated. Since Helldivers 2 is an online-only, Games-as-a-Service (GaaS) title, if your game version isn’t synced with the server, you will not be able to login properly.
Join On Friends Online
This one might have to do with queue slots having social priority of some sort. Joining on an already connected Friend via the “Join Game” function seems to work more often than not, to at least get you into a session, if not necessarily with the settings that you prefer. This one will be difficult for players without active friends online, though looking-for-group (LFG) services on Reddit and Discord might help.
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Disable IPv6
A more technical fix than most of us would like, nonetheless it has had success for many players as a last resort. According to multiple redditors, disabling IPv6, and falling back on IPv4 works 100% of the time for instances where no other solution worked.
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The post below has a perfect step by step guide to resolving the issue.
If all else fails, simply wait it out until the developers get around to fixing this issue, which they have consistently done over the past weeks.
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That’s every known fix for the “Defrosting Helldiver” on launch error in Helldivers 2.
